Conservation Colorado Education Fund
For Support Of Its Project To Protect Colorado Wilderness And Reduce Fossil Fuel Impacts
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/20/2010
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
This grant would support the Colorado Environmental Coalition's efforts to protect the state's roadless areas and wild rivers and to constrain the expansion of fossil energy development on sensitive public lands. The Coalition is seeking to protect 475,000 roadless acres and 65 miles of wild rivers. Additionally, the Coalition will seek to prevent commercial leasing of oil shale and defend the state's innovative new rules for oil and gas leasing.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
conservationco.org
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Conservation Colorado Education Fund is the largest statewide conservation group in Colorado, with more than 100 partnering organizations and over 60,000 members. The Fund protects Colorado’s climate, air, land, water, and communities through organizing, advocacy, and education of the public, press, and policymakers.
